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(8/8/2014)

-The Technical Theatre Awards 2014 Announce PLASA London Ceremony

The Technical Theatre Awards 2014 Announce PLASA London Ceremony

The Technical Theatre Awards, which celebrate the outstanding achievements of people working behind the scenes, has announced that this year's awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 7, at 5pm on The Theatres Trust Stage ...More

(8/8/2014)

-WYSIWYG Lighting Design Video Challenge 2014

WYSIWYG Lighting Design Video Challenge 2014

"Be Smart, Be Creative." Lighting designers can enter their own unique Imagination into the WYSIWYG Lighting Design Video Challenge by CAST Software -- a challenge open to all current WYSIWYG R33 users and members and to those who ...More

(8/8/2014)

-Sensaphonics Gold Circle Grows Again

Sensaphonics Gold Circle Grows Again

Sensaphonics, a provider of personal monitoring and hearing health, has added two more audiologists to its unique Gold Circle listing. The Sensaphonics Gold Circle is a group of audiologists who have been specifically trained to ...More

(8/8/2014)

-Paul Hatt Takes Harman's Soundcraft Vi4 Console on the Road with Paolo Nutini

Paul Hatt Takes Harman's Soundcraft Vi4 Console on the Road with Paolo Nutini

Heralded as "one of the top voices in modern soul," Scottish singer/songwriter/musician Paolo Nutini has quickly hit the big time since his 2006 debut album These Streets reached five-times platinum in the UK. His 2010 follow-up S ...More

(8/8/2014)

-Vari-Lite is the Backbone for Journey and Steve Miller Band Tour

Vari-Lite is the Backbone for Journey and Steve Miller Band Tour

When two of music's most iconic bands prepared to embark on their 38-city North American co-headlining tour, the design teams behind Journey and Steve Miller Band had to find the best way to support the unique style of each group. With the ...More

(8/8/2014)

-Meyer Sound MINA Balances Strength and Flexibility on Wanderlust Yoga Tour

Meyer Sound MINA Balances Strength and Flexibility on Wanderlust Yoga Tour

In choosing its touring sound reinforcement system, the Wanderlust Yoga Festival had very specific requirements: to provide both pristine vocal clarity for yoga instruction in the daytime and high-impact musical reinforcement for evening ...More

(8/8/2014)

-Robe Is at the Essence

Robe Is at the Essence

One hundred and forty Robe Pointes were at the core of the production lighting design for the 2014 Essence Festival in New Orleans, which was created by Matt Foucheux of Solomon Group, production designers and ...More

(8/7/2014)

-PLASA Events Announces the Cancellation of Focus: Austin in September and Return to Orlando in February 2015

PLASA Events Announces the Cancellation of Focus: Austin in September and Return to Orlando in February 2015

PLASA Events announces it has made the difficult decision to cancel PLASA Focus: Austin, which was due to take place September 9 - 10, 2014. Despite previous success in this location there has been insufficient support for a ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Behind the Scenes Reaches Half a Million in Grants Awarded

Behind the Scenes Reaches Half a Million in Grants Awarded

Behind the Scenes reached an important milestone last week as it crossed the half million dollar mark in funds awarded since it began issuing grants to entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury.< ...More

(8/7/2014)

-SSE Audio Group Adds Harman Soundcraft Vi3000 to Extensive Inventory

SSE Audio Group Adds Harman Soundcraft Vi3000 to Extensive Inventory

Harman Professional announces that SSE Audio Group has been appointed a Soundcraft Vi select dealer, and immediately purchased one of the first Soundcraft Vi3000 digital consoles off the production line, sold through ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Brilliant Stages Delivers Skate Park for One Direction Where We Are Stadium Tour

Brilliant Stages Delivers Skate Park for One Direction Where We Are Stadium Tour

One Direction recently kicked off their latest stadium tour, Where We Are, to celebrate their third album, Midnight Memories. Working with designers Ray Winkler and Ric Lipson of Stufish, Brilliant ...More

(8/7/2014)

-CADAC's (Hot) Dog Day Afternoon

CADAC's (Hot) Dog Day Afternoon

A hotdog eating contest might not sound like much of a sound production challenge, but when one of the 4th of July's more unusual celebration events attracts over 30,000 people to a three hour show, featuring an MC, rock band, loads of ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Clay Paky Sharpys Beam Perfect Angles at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Clay Paky Sharpys Beam Perfect Angles at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Lighting designer Edu Valverde and Madrid, Spain-based AV group Geometrica Studio have created an urban-inspired lighting design using the beams of the Clay Paky Sharpy for a show celebrating Spanish jewelry brand ...More

(8/7/2014)

-New GLP impression X4 XL Adds Sting to Scorpions' Lighting Set

New GLP impression X4 XL Adds Sting to Scorpions' Lighting Set

Rainer Becker, long-serving lighting designer for legendary German rock band, the Scorpions, has frequently turned to GLP's evolving impression family of LED heads when designing his touring sets; but he has now gone a step ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Seattle's EMP Museum Partners with Sennheiser to Deliver Extraordinary Audio Experience

Seattle's EMP Museum Partners with Sennheiser to Deliver Extraordinary Audio Experience

Seattle's EMP Museum, housed in a spectacular 140,000sq.-ft. building designed by preeminent architect Frank O. Gehry, is home to some of the most innovative popular culture exhibits in the world, featuring everything from fantasy, horror, ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Nexus Pixel Mapping Creates "Aura of Stardom" on A Voz de Portugal

Nexus Pixel Mapping Creates &quot;Aura of Stardom&quot; on A Voz de Portugal

Among the things that have made The Voice such a runaway international hit is that every country seems to find its own unique way of enhancing the show, adding a local feeling to what has become a global phenomenon. This is very ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Elation's Huge Presence at 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas

Elation's Huge Presence at 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas

A virtual plethora of Elation Professional lighting and video gear was used this year to light up Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, North America's largest dance music festival. Produced by Insomniac Events and held ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Nemetschek Vectorworks Honors America's Veterans, Wins Community Stewardship Award

Nemetschek Vectorworks Honors America's Veterans, Wins Community Stewardship Award

For the fifth year in a row, Nemetschek Vectorworks employees and their families gathered at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery to participate in PLANET's annual Renewal and Remembrance beautification project on July 28. ...More

(8/7/2014)

-PSNI PVPs and Affiliates Gather in Chicago for Most-Attended PVP Champions Summit

PSNI PVPs and Affiliates Gather in Chicago for Most-Attended PVP Champions Summit

Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) just wrapped the fifth annual Preferred Vendor Partner (PVP) Champions Summit at the Renaissance Chicago O'Hare Suites Hotel July 7 - 9, 2014. This year's event was attended ...More

(8/7/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Phoenix (Cherry Lane Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Phoenix (Cherry Lane Theatre)

Apparently abortion is the newest meet-cute premise in romantic comedies. Only a few weeks ago, people were talking about the film Obvious Child, in which the heroine tries to sort out her love life while planning the termination of ...More

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